"Galimoto!"

Happy Columbus Day!  Hope you're enjoying it.  We had a two hour early dismissal today and a teacher work session, so today was very productive!

We had a little lesson in creativity during math today!  I read the book "Galimoto" by Karen Lynn Williams.  If you haven't read this, I definitely recommend it.  It's a Reading Rainbow book about a boy named Kondi.  Throughout the story, Kondi collects pieces of wire, which he later uses to create a "Galimoto", a toy car.  In the end of the story, Kondi is dreaming about other things he can make using the pieces of wire.

After reading the story, I gave each student four pipe cleaners to create their own "Galimotos".  Since it was a shortened day, I just gave the students time to explore and create with their pipe cleaners.  As an extension, you could have students draw and write about their "Galimoto" creations.